It has been ten years since the Steckel on Crosby hit.

[Crow]

It was this hit. Concussion protocol was introduced in 2011 months after this. Rule changes were introduced in June 2011 redefining head shots. NHL didn't take action until their best player went down.

Not getting into whether it was a dirty hit, but rather that the NHL started taking head shots seriously after what happened to Crosby.

I don’t see how what happened 167 plus years later is relevant.

 

[Planetov]

I feel old because i was 18 when Sid joined the league, now I’m in my late 30s with a bunch of health issues including a benign brain mass limiting my physical movements and causing balance issues.

I think the pens and Crosby did okay all things considering.


Disgusting hit though. One is a plug and the other is among the greatest to play the game

Even in a thread full of black and yellow bias this is some serious hyperbole.

 

[Beau Knows]

I remember a lot of talk that he should have retired around that time. He went on to win a couple Cups, Smythes, etc and has scored over 1000 points since then.

Great to see guys like him and Bergeron comeback from some scary head injuries.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Even in a thread full of black and yellow bias this is some serious hyperbole.

I mean sure, guy looking the other, heading the other way gets a fly by from a plug with no business making the hit

 

[HTFN]

I mean sure, guy looking the other, heading the other way gets a fly by from a plug with no business making the hit

The plug was following the play, technically it’s the guy looking the wrong direction while trying to make a turn that does the fly-by here since he’s carrying most of the momentum.

David Steckel wishes he was the guy people say he was because of this hit, it would have added years to his career and millions to his bank account as a shit stirring type. In reality he’s a big bodied semi-soft dummy who skated through contact he barely noticed in an NHL game while following the puck. They literally drill taking contact without losing focus into you, this isn’t a free skate, nobody’s real instinct is (or should be) to turn around and wonder about who bounced off them just because it’s Sidney Crosby.

 

[Planetov]

I mean sure, guy looking the other, heading the other way gets a fly by from a plug with no business making the hit

They collided. There was no “making a hit.” And how does Steckel being a plug have any bearing on this play?

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

10 years later and I still have no idea what the hell Crosby was doing skating through the zone for that long while looking the opposite direction.